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View Providing Peace of Mind

Providing Peace of Mind

2 mins |Kirsty Burrage

Rotech explains how brands can be protected with security features enabled by thermal inkjet.

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View The RF Range – Standalone Coding Systems That Reduce Costs, Save Time & Maximise Production Efficiencies

The RF Range – Standalone Coding Systems That Reduce Costs, Save Time & Maximise Production Efficiencies

3 mins

Our RF range of feeding systems – designed and built here in our UK factory – offer manufacturers a unique, flexible solution to code and/or label their packaging, in its flat form, where it can’t be done as part of the inline coding or labelling process.

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View 12 Things to Consider When Choosing a Coding & Marking Solution

12 Things to Consider When Choosing a Coding & Marking Solution

5 mins

Albeit a small part of the overall production process, coding and marking is a crucial one, for many reasons. It’s essential in order to meet regulatory requirements, allow for traceability and to display important information to the consumers, such as use by dates.

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View Crack The Code

Crack The Code

4 mins |Kirsty Burrage

It really pays to learn about innovations in carton printing. Rotech Machines explains how the knowledge can provide solutions and serve businesses well.

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View 5 Reasons Why Offline Coding is Ideal for Luxury Packaging

5 Reasons Why Offline Coding is Ideal for Luxury Packaging

2 mins

Coding luxury products online may be preferable, but due to the very nature of luxury packaging it isn’t always the best way to ensure high-quality, consistent results – even for highly automated manufacturing and packing operations.

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View Calculating The Cost of Coding

Calculating The Cost of Coding

6 mins

The term COO (cost of ownership) is all-important in the world of coding, where the price of a machine isn’t a reflection on its overall lifetime cost.

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View Luxury Brands Sitting Pretty with Codes

Luxury Brands Sitting Pretty with Codes

5 mins |Kirsty Burrage

Premium products such as cosmetics, perfume and luxury food rely on beautifully designed packaging to reflect the quality of their product and achieve their shelf appeal. Quality is paramount and the luxury category tend to favour clean, minimalistic packaging over busy designs with cluttered messaging.

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View Why It’s Not Too Late to Get FMD Ready

Why It’s Not Too Late to Get FMD Ready

4 mins |Richard Pether

Director of coding and marking specialist Rotech, outlines the impact the FMD is set to have across the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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View Continuous Inkjet vs Thermal Inkjet Printing

Continuous Inkjet vs Thermal Inkjet Printing

3 mins

Continuous Inkjet (CIJ), the fast-drying, non-contact printing technology has been the preferred method to code and mark packaging for many years. It’s ability to print on to virtually any surface at high-speed meant that it was unrivalled for many applications. Until now that is.

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